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Behymer Jrs 31-70
ACT prep words 31-70
Question | Answer |
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Holocaust | destruction by fire |
Impervious | impenetrable, not affected |
Impetus | stimulus |
Jeopardy | danger |
Meticulous | particular about details |
Nostalgia | longing for the past |
Quintessence | most typical example |
Retrogress | revert |
Scrutinize | examine closely |
Tepid | lukewarm, unenthusiastic |
Adversary | enemy, opponent |
Alienate | turn away, make hostile |
Artifice | trickery |
Coerce | to compel, force |
Craven | cowardly |
Culinary | related to cooking |
Delete | erase |
Demise | death |
Exhilerate | enliven, give spirit |
Fallow | plowed but nor seeded, inactive |
Harass | trouble by repeated attacks |
Inclement | stormy |
Muse | ponder |
Negligible | unimportant, trivial |
Perpetuate | make permanent or long lasting |
Precedent | an example to be imitated |
Punitive | punishing |
Redress | right a wrong |
Sojourn | a brief stay |
Urbane | refined in manner, suave |
Affiliated | associated |
Ascertain | find out |
Attainment | accomplishment |
Bequeath | give as an inheritance |
Cogent | convincing, relevant |
Converge | draw nearer together |
Disperse | scatter |
Esteem | high regard |
Expunge | clear the record |
Finite | limited |